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Come to Wisconsin for "Health and Wealth"

Date: 1913
Description: Smiling woman in white dress posing in a wheat field.
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Apple Blossom Time in Door County

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Description: Kodachrome postcard of a woman standing in the grass in a blossoming apple orchard. She is holding blooms in her hands.
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Woman on High Rock

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Description: A woman in an Indian dress and headband sits at High Rock in the Upper Dells looking over the Wisconsin River at a tour boat.
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Crowd on Bleachers

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Description: Crowd of men and women on grandstand bleachers watching a sporting event.
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Hawk's Bill, Dells of the Wisconsin

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Description: Illustration of a bluff at the Dells, with a woman is sitting on the top near a tree. There are bluffs on the other side of the river in the background.Cap...
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A View of Broadway

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Description: View across street towards the businesses lining the block. A woman is walking in the street.Caption reads: "A View of Broadway, Kilbourn, Wis."
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Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: View of Main Street in Friendship. The J.Hill & Son General Store is on the right, with two women at the entrance. Horse-drawn vehicles are in the street.
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Part of Western Shore of Cedar Lake

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Description: Hand-colored view of four women in a rowboat on Cedar Lake. One of the women is leaning her elbow on a post sticking out of the water. The tree-lined shore...
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At Demon's Anvil

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "At Demon's Anvil, Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A Native American woman and man pose in front of Demon's Anvil wearing indigenous clothing...
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Cave at Irvine Park

Date: 1910
Description: Sunlit opening of a large carved out man-made cave with a park bench in the foreground in Irvine Park. The figure of a woman in the cave is obscured by sha...
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Outdoor Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Susie Redhorn "HiNukIGa" (Woman), daughter of Frank Redhorn and Lucy Prettyman, shown in later years posing by two baskets. The photograph was taken at the...
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Feeding the Chicken and Geese

Date: 1900
Description: An unidentified woman standing near a shed is feeding chickens and geese in the barnyard.
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Couple with a Hayrick

Date: 1890
Description: A young woman and man pose behind a hayrick in a farm field. They both wear hats.
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A Bucolic Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Two young women and a girl stand in a pasture with a cow and a calf. One of the women is holding a pail; the other a sprig of flowers.
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Castle Rock near Fennimore

Date: 1906
Description: View of Castle Rock in the distance. In the foreground a woman is driving a horse-drawn carriage across a bridge. Caption reads: "Castle Rock near Fennimor...
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Peerless Hotel

Date: 1908
Description: Slightly elevated view toward the Peerless Hotel, mostly obscured by trees. A group of women are in the park in the foreground. Caption reads: "Peerless Ho...
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Collapse of a Structure

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Description: Men and women walking around piles of coal while examining a collapsed structure in a coal yard.
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Chippewa City Resort

Date: 1920
Description: Photographic postcard view of a man and woman sitting in an Adirondack chair at the Chippewa City Resort. Caption reads: "Chippewa City Resort, Chippewa Fa...
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House Boating at Clarke's Point

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "House Boating at Clarke's Point, Winneconne, Wis." A group of women posing in and around a canoe in front of a houseboat. In the back...
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Sterlingworth Hotel, Lauderdale Lakes

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Description: Colored view across lawn towards a hotel with a screened-in porch. Three women are standing at the entrance on the left. In the center are three men standi...

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